﻿Dance Request Slots﻿We are introducing a Dance Request slot, starting in July where one dance (which is not normally played at the Tea Dance) is selected by yourselves. The dance can be any dance you wish. The only criteria is that the couple requesting the dance take to the floor. You will be joined by at least Tony & Franceska and anyone else who knows that dance. If sufficient numbers want to learn this dance it will be incorporated into the Dancing Programme.

Tony . we will be glad to see you back on the floor dancing again very soon, we miss you. We enjoy your dances very much as you always have a good selection and a great crowd which is getting bigger. The dance we would like to see is Misty Grey Rumba and later on maybe the Abbey Swing. Mary and Maldwyn.

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Tony

7/3/2014 08:42:49 am

Both dances will be added to the Request Slots. The Misty Grey Rumba is an interesting dance in that is the only sequence dance that features and starts in Fan Position. It is a dance that members can also use for a Ballroom Rumba as it consists of standard ballroom figures (Fan/Close Hip Twist/Curl etc)

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eric and betty

7/5/2014 06:36:44 am

tony. we look forward to your dances,the work that you put into them is a credit to you both,we would like a weekly dance then we would not miss out on so many because of appointments,how selfish when all we have to do is bring ourselves!!!!

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Tony

7/6/2014 07:26:04 am

Glad Eric is better after his recent illness. We did a Survey last year after the Community Centre suggested we could move to a weekly event. The majority of members opted to keep dances on a fortnightly basis, although we could revisit this survey at a future date.
For next year we could possibly add a number of additional functions (between dances). These could for example take the form of quarterly Dinner Dances (perhaps as a themed dance) or additional Party Dances (buffet etc) depending on demand / interest.

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Will & Hazel Edwards

7/11/2014 09:23:18 pm

Hazel and I feel that the present Ballroom/Sequence/Line Dance balance is about right, as is the fortnightly frequency of the Lache Tea Dances. The inclusion of a 'musical performance', from one of our number, is a welcome addition and helps to make the Thursday Tea Dance a most enjoyable experience.
A suggestion, to increase our stock of sequence quicksteps, is - The Suzanne Quickstep - not too difficult and quite satisfying to dance.
One final comment: for the sake of some of the older contingent,(like ourselves!) a slightly longer gap between dances would be appreciated.

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Tony

7/12/2014 03:41:00 am

Have added the Suzanne Quickstep to the Request Dances. As you rightly say it is a dance that it is not too difficult and could prove popular with members.

Very pleased you enjoy the musical performance in the break. We are privileged to have Jenny singing for us during the interval and I have included a video link of her latest performance on the Members Website. Details will also be available in the next Newsletter.

We are also fortunate that Roy Brockhurst (founder member of the Pathfinders) and Charles Southall (Accordion) have played for us during the tea interval.

The gap between tracks will get longer from the next dance when Pegleg returns to dancing. He has already been reprimanded for achieving 18 tracks per hour. (He assures me it will return to his normal rate of 16 per hour-otherwise we will put a pin in both feet)

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Mary & Maldwyn

8/28/2014 10:38:46 pm

Tony & Fran, Thank you for the excellent, well organised day out to Llandudno we really enjoyed it and it went like clockwork, also a thanks to Viv & Rob for your help. Looking forward to more dances and social functions. See you soon, Mary & Maldwyn.

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Mary& Maldwyn

9/18/2014 04:08:53 am

Thanks Tony really enjoyed the afternoon. Perhaps we could do the Magnolia Waltz in the future

Will add the Magnolia Waltz to our Dance Requet Slots, which will eventually be played at the Community Centre. Your Dance Request Slot of the Misty Grey Rumba (played today) was well received, with todate 21 members wanting to learn this sequence dance. It is likely this dance dance will be taught next, after we have completed the Glen Roy Foxtrot.

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A Community based Tea Dance that is held on alternate: Thursday's 1.30pm - 4.00pm.Ballroom, Latin & Sequence Dancing form the programme for the afternoon with subsidised dance functions throughout the year.In addition a number of the sequence dances played at the Community Centre are demonstrated and revised during the year.